With the rise in global population, industrialization, and economic expansion, the persistent
overconsumption of conventional fossil fuels has resulted in the depletion of fossil fuel …

Sustainable production of bulk chemicals is one of the major challenges in the chemical
industry, particularly due to their low market prices. This includes short and medium chain …

Butyl butyrate has broad applications in foods, cosmetics, solvents, and biofuels. Microbial
synthesis of bio-based butyl butyrate has been regarded as a promising approach recently …

Clostridium tyrobutyricum has been successfully engineered to produce butyrate, butanol,
butyl butyrate, and γ-aminobutyric acid. It would be interesting to produce bio-chemicals and …

Highlights•Microbial cell factories offer sustainable and renewable production of natural
esters.•Modular cell design enables rapid construction of optimal ester-producing strains …

A growing human population is a significant issue in food security owing to the limited land
and resources available for agricultural food production. To solve these problems …

Bioproduction of renewable chemicals is considered as an urgent solution for fossil energy
crisis. However, despite tremendous efforts, it is still challenging to generate microbial …

Butyl butyrate has shown wide applications in food, cosmetic, and biofuel sectors. Currently,
biosynthesis of butyl butyrate still requires exogenous addition of precursors and lipase …

Butyl butyrate has a wide range of applications as flavors, solvents, and biofuels. Green
production of butyl butyrate by microorganism fermentation in an industry level attracts great …

Esters are widely used in food, energy, spices, chemical industry, etc., becoming an
indispensable part of life. However, their production heavily relies on the fossil energy …